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COMBINED STEAM, WATER, AND DIRT SEPARATOR. No. 354,730. Patented D60. 21. 1886.

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ROBERT N EWVTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,730, dated December 21, 1886.

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To aZl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT NEWTON, of the city and county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Steam, \Vater and Dirt Separator and Collector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined apparatus for the manipulation of exhaust-steam, whereby the steam maybe separated from the water anddirt suspended therein, and the separatedparts may be collected and confined at certain portions of the apparatus.

It is well known that exhaust-steam contains a considerable quantity of water and dirt, the dirt consisting generally of sediment and oily matter received from the engine. It is desirable to clean and purify this exhauststeam before subsequently using it for motive power or dyeing or other purposes.

The objects of my invention are to provide a combined apparatus of a compact form that may be readily adapted to any kind of steam generator or engine, and that will perform efficiently the work of purifying the steam and collecting the same and the extracted foreign matter.

To the above purposes my invention consists, essentially, of a separator device comprising a deflecting-chamber having compartments for deflecting or baffling the impure steam in its course, and a separator-plate and receiving box or apartment combined with the deflecting-chamber, and, further, of the collector, designed tobe used or not conjointly with the separator.

My invention further consists in other features and peculiar constructions and arrangements of the several parts of the apparatus, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the central line of mycombined separator and collector, shown as mounted in operative positions. Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view taken on line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

In the said drawings like numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the deflecting-chamber, which is constructed of a hollow cylindrical form and with the upper 5 end closed. The vertical partition 6 is set diametrically across the interior of chamber 5 and divides the same into the semi-cylindrical compartments 7. The bottom of thecylindrical chamber 5 is provided with the external 63 flangeS.

, Near the closed top of the deflecting-chamber 5 and at opposite points of the sides thereof are arranged the tubular inlet and outlet ports 9 and 10, respectively, which lead into the respective compartments 7. The exterior mouths of the ports 9 and 10 are flanged, as shown.

The separator-platen is provided with numerous perforations, 12, in the body of it, and is of a circular form, designed to fit over the bottom of the chamber 5 and the compartments therein'and across the lower end of the partition 6.

The receiving-box 13 is circular in shape and is hollow, and provided with an integral bottom or drip plate, 14, formed with the perforations 15, which are quite few in number. The top and bottom edges of the box 13 each have a flange, as 16, formed thereon. The separator-plate 11 is placed between the bottom of the chamber 5 and the top of the box 13, and the bolts 17 are passed through the flanges 8 and 16 and the interposed plate 11, to firmly secure these members together, as illustrated.

At a little distance below the drip-plate 14 is swung the check-plate -18, of a disk form and imperforate. The check-plate is hungin position by means of the bolts 19 being passed through the lower flange, 16, and through the rim of the plate itself. The blocks 20 are channeled pieces, which are pierced by the bolts 19, and are for the purpose of spacing the catchplate from the drip plate, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The separator device above described may be used alone without the large surrounding collector hereinafter described. In this case the collector 21 is formed beneath the dripplate 14 by constructing the extra flanges (shown in broken lines in Fig. 1) upon the rims of both the drip-plate 14 and check-plate 18, and fastening the flanges together by the I second compartment.

bolts 29. This construction will form a closed apartment between the plates 14. and 18 in place of the open apartment of the construction shown in full lines. When the small .collector 21 is used it maybe formed with the hand-hole 22 cut in the side thereof for remove ing the objectionable foreign matter extracted from the impure steam and deposited there. The separator I show may be used with any suitable form of collector placed beneath the drip-plate, and when used without the large collector 21 the inlet-port 9 and the outlet-port 10 are connected directly with the pipe-mains (not shown) of the inflowing and outflowing steam, respectively.

The large collector 21 is of a hollow cylindrical form with closed ends, and is set with the bottom resting on the masonry 23. This collector may be constructed of sheet or boiler iron, or any suitable material. In one side of the collector is made an opening, 24. The above-described separator device is placed down within the collector 21, provided with the removable top and bottom portions, as fully shown in the illustrations. The separator is set with the mouth of the inlet-port registering with the opening 24 in the collector. The removable pipe-section 25-is formed like a short tube, and with the integral flanges 26 and 27 constructed about one end and about the body thereof, respectively; The end of pipe-section 25 remote from flange. 26 is inserted in the inlet-port 9, and the flange 27 is forced snugly against the outer face of the collector. In this position the rivets 28 are placed through the flange 26, the side of the collector, and the flange formed about the mouth of the port 9. In the top of the collector 21 is arranged the discharge-opening 30, in which is fitted a pipe-section, 31, similar to the above described pipe section 25,"being provided with the flanges 32 and 33. The lower end of the section 31 has inserted therein the inverted funnel 34.. Near the lower end of the collector is arranged the ordinary form of water-gage 35, inserted in the side of the wall of the collector. The blow-off cock-36 is placed in the bottom of the collector, as shown.

In the operation of my combined form of apparatus the impure steam is introduced through the pipe-section 25 into the firstor left-hand compartment, 7, of the deflectingchamber 5. The steam is here deflected through the perforated separator-plate and into the receiving-box, from whence it passes upwardly, as shown by the large arrow in Fig. 1, into the From the second compartment it enters the collector 21 through the outlet port 10. The passage of the steam through the deflecting-chamber and separatorplate serves to extract from the steam the suspended water and the dirt contained therein,

which falls through the receiving-box and drip plate onto the check-plate, and thence it passes into the collector. Though most of the steam will pass through the deflecting-chamber and out of the separator, some little of it will flow down into the receiving-box, through the drip plate, thence into thecollector. The passage of the steam through thevarious parts of the separator affords a very extended surface for the steam to deposit the water and dirt on, and so the steam may be rendered quite pure when it is passed into the collector. The pure steam will collect in the upper part of the collector, from whence it may be drawn off by coupling a pipe to the. section 31. The extracted water and dirt will be deposited in the bottom of the collector, from where it may be readily removed by the use of the blow-off So cook 36 and the hand-hole 22.

In order to prevent the water formed by the steam condensing upon the walls of the collector from creeping up into the pipe-main when connected to the section 31, and to prevent the same from being sucked therein, I provide the funnelshaped body 34, which is inverted and operates in an obvious manner, and allows the water to drip back into the collector from its lower edge.

The separator I show has the deflecting' chamber 5, with the compartments 7 andports 9 and 10, all constructed preferably of cast-.

iron and in a single casting. The receivingbox 13 and the drip-plate 14 are also cast in one piece, and likewise the removable pipesections 25 and 31. The plates 11 and 18 and the blocks 20 are preferably made of cast-iron.

My apparatus may be used for other analogous purposes to those herein mentioned, and there may be various modifications made in the principal parts of my invention without,

however, substantially departing from the spirit of the same, as herein described and claimed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a deflecting-chamber having compartments therein and provided with inlet and outlet ports, a receiving-box communicating with the deflecting-chamber,. and a collector communicating with the receiving-box, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a deflectingchamber having compartments therein and provided with inlet and outlet ports, the compartments open atthe bottoms, a receiving-box subjacent to the compartments and opening therein, and a collector lying beneath the receiving-box and communicating therewith, substantially as described. .v v

3. The combination of a deflecting-chamber having one or more vertical partitions forming compartments therein, the initial compartment provided with an inlet-port and the terminal compartment providedwith an outlet-port, said compartments open at the bottoms, a receivingbox placed subjacent to the compartments over the bottoms thereof, a perforated separator plate interposed between the receiving-box and the compartments, whereby they are in com munication,a perforated drip-plate forming the bottom of the receiving-box, and a collector chamber disposed belowandabout said box and ICO communicating therewith by means of the drip-plate, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a deflecting-chamber having compartments therein open at the bottoms, the first and last compartments provided with an inlet and an outlet port, respectively, a receiving-box lying beneath the bottoms of said compartments, a separator-plate having perforations formed therein and interposed between said compartments and receiving-box, thebottoms of the receiving-box provided with openings, and an imperforate check-plate secured beneath the bottom of the receiving-box and spaced therefrom, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

5. The separator consisting of the deflectingchamber having compartments therein, and

provided with inlet'and outlet ports, a receiving-box communicating with the deflectingchamber and also with the exterior of the separator,said separator combined with a collector and the former contained therein, the separator in communication with the exterior and interior of said collector by means of the inlet and v outlet ports, respectively, an d the collector provided with a discharge-opening, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

6. The separator consisting of a deflectingchamber having compartments therein and provided with inlet and outlet ports, the compartments open at the bottoms, areceiving-box subjacent to and communicating with said compartments and opening to the exterior of the separator, the separator combined with a collector surrounding the same, the separator in communication with the exterior and interior of the collector, and the latter provided with a discharge, substantially as described.

7. The separator consisting of a deflectingchamber having two or more compartments therein formed of vertical partitions, the compartments open at the bottoms, and the initial compartment provided with an inlet-port and the terminal compartment provided with an outlet-port, a perforated separator-plate secured across the bottoms of the compartments, a receiving-box disposed beneath said separator-plate and provided with openings in 'the bottom thereof, an imperforate checkplate set beneath the bottom of the receivingbox and spaced therefrom, the separator combined with a collector incasing and surrounding the same, the inlet and outlet ports communicating, respectively, with the exterior and interior of the collector, the receiving-box also opening into the interior of the collector, and the collector provided with a discharge, substantially as and for the purpose described.

the collector, substantially as described.

9. The separator consisting of the deflecting-chamber having compartments therein, andprovided With inlet and outlet ports and formed of a single casting, the perforated separator-plate subjacent to the deflectingchamber, and the receiving-box having an inte- 7o gral bottom formed with openings therein, substantially as described.

10. The combination, with a separator constructed substantially as described, of a collector surrounding the separator and the latter in communication with the exterior and interior of the former, the collector having a discharge-opening provided with a pipe-section and an exit-chute, a removable pipe-section for the inlet-port of the separator, a gage 8o device for the collector, a blow-off cock, and a hand-hole for said collector, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose described.

11-. The separator consisting of the deflecting-chamber 5, having one or more compart-. ments therein, and provided with theinlet and outlet ports, the perforatedseparator-plate11, and the receiving-box 13, having a perforatedbottom, substantially asdescribed.

12. The separator composed of the deflecting-chamber 5, having the compartments 7, and provided with the ports 9 and 10, the separator plate 11, having perforations 12 therein, the receiving-box 13, the drip-plate 14, having perforations 15, and the collector 21, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with the separator constructed substantially as described, of the collector21, provided with the discharge-opening, and the pipe-section 25, all substantially as described.

14. The combination, with the separator constructed substantially as described, of the collector 21, provided with the discharge-opening 30 and the opening 24, the pipe-sections 25 and 30, the funnel 34, the water-gage 35, the hand-hole 22, and the blow-off cook 36, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

ROBERT NEYVTON. 

